Cans with thin paint
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Cans with thin paint
I've been doing a little can cleaning with citric. There has been a lot of discussion on citric vs. oxylic. Citric seems to take longer, not too terribly friendly on cans with holes, but good on cleaning lids and seems. My question is this. Some of these cans have what would appear to be a very thin layer of paint and I've gotten to the point where I know when I going to lose paint when they are taking a bath. Would oxylic help? Or is thin paint, thin paint and it doesn't matter what you use. Any thoughts.
WI, MI, MN 12 oz. flats and cones,
crowntainers, 12 oz. tabs,
"Vegas" themed cans, cans with a skiing/snow boarding theme, and
12 oz. Michigan tax stamp cans
crowntainers, 12 oz. tabs,
"Vegas" themed cans, cans with a skiing/snow boarding theme, and
12 oz. Michigan tax stamp cans
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Re: Cans with thin paint
Giant...Any cans with holes in them you should use oxalic only! You're right citric will eat them alive, I know because it's happened to me and I've learned the hard way! Metalic paints are really bad when used with citric as well, case in point Bruenigs cone tops. I found a bunch in Wisconsin, used citric and watched the paint come right off the can. Rust was totally gone, but a generic steel cone is hardly appealing. Much later in time I tried oxalic on one of the Bruenigs left over and it came out great. This said I would try this if you are really looking for the best way to do cans. Use oxalic first, hottest tap water you can in clean water. A cooler is best because it reains heat, a bucket loses the heat too fast. Check it periodically and use a tootbrush to brush off rust. Then take it out after you worked with it for a while, wash it off with water and perhaps try a second application after it's completely dried. Now, if the cone is still rusted, perhaps a citric wash where you only expose the cone would add that or just enough water to attack the seam. You can weight the cone down upside down for this with a small amount of water, or create a rack to put the cone top in or flat that just exposes the seam and a small amount of water to attack the rusty seam as well, this way the paint will never be exposed. I hope I've helped, trust me I have learned the hard way...go get em'
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Re: Cans with thin paint
This has probably been answered before, but any tips on how to remove a painted over can? Paint appears to be thick.
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Re: Cans with thin paint
willssoda wrote:This has probably been answered before, but any tips on how to remove a painted over can? Paint appears to be thick.
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Post a pic of can? LEON.
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Re: Cans with thin paint
Toleware paint overs?
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Re: Cans with thin paint
That's probably an enamel on those cones. Use acetone, and cotton face cleaning pads. Put acetone on pad, rub in circle, and the paint will comeoff. Once you cut thru the paintover, don't rub too hard on the underlying can paint, which was usually an acrylic enamel paint. Remember to wipe off any excess quickly from original can's paint. Start on an area at the back of the can (near seam) Have patience, and good luck.
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Re: Cans with thin paint
Cones never used acrylic enamel paint as far as I know. LEON.
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